Overview Chat Bike Members News Women
Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • Lakes road ride: 40-60 miles with lunch/cake stop?
  • Shackleton
    Full Member

    Mrs S is heading to the lakes this weekend to ride her road bike with a lady friend.

    As all of my lakes knowledge involves off road routes or crags can anyone recommend a route for them to do that:

    1. Has a lunch or cake stop halfway round
    2. Is in the 40-60 miles range (depending on hills)
    3. Doesn’t involve stupidly busy roads?
    4. Can be done from Ambleside area.

    Cheers,

    S

    Posted 8 years ago
    whitestone
    Free Member

    Head to Hawkshead down east side of Grizedale Forest to Bouth (pub stop) round to Spark Bridge, up the East side of Coniston Water to Coniston then back to Ambleside. Not too hilly and probably as quiet as you are likely to get from Ambleside.

    Posted 8 years ago
    Shackleton
    Full Member

    Cheers for that.

    Posted 8 years ago
    davidtaylforth
    Free Member

    Ambleside>Skelwith Bridge>Langdale valley>Blea Tarn (25%)>Wrynose (25%)>Ulpha Valley>Hoses (20%)>Broughton Mills>Broughton (good cafe stop)>Torver>Coniston (ice cream)>Hawkshead Hill>Drunken Duck>Brathay>Ambleside

    Well good route, a few climbs and some nice cafes/pubs in the mix

    Posted 8 years ago
    dpfr
    Full Member

    White Hart at Bouth is a good pub, but I’d push on to Spark Bridge, where the Royal Oak does very good food. Game pie yum yum!

    Posted 8 years ago
    boxelder
    Full Member

    The route of the ‘Ride of the Fallen Leaves’ sportive – Map and GPS here
    Join at Far Sawrey, just a few miles out of Ambleside and it heads S and W into some lesser known gems

    Posted 8 years ago
Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

The topic ‘Lakes road ride: 40-60 miles with lunch/cake stop?’ is closed to new replies.

Overview Chat Bike Members News Women